Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme (CEVAS)

Are you a farmer offering educational visits to groups of children on your farm? Or are you considering making your farm available to schools in the future?

Access to Farms (ATF) has established a scheme to help you develop your skills and to ensure that schools are guaranteed a safe and valuable farm experience.

CEVAS accreditation has two elements:

• Part One - Training for farmers or those working with children during educational visits
• Part Two - Assessment of the business & its facilities

ATF will publicise the scheme to schools and maintain a list of accredited farms.

Further information

Further information about Access to Farms and CEVAS is available from the Growing Schools website:

www.teachernet.gov.uk

Contact information

If you have any general queries about Access To Farms or CEVAS please contact Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) on 02476 853089 or 01373 302204.

If you have any queries about the details of the CEVAS - Part 2 please contact the independent assessors CMS UK on 01270 522645.

Part One: Training

You will receive a qualification from the Open College Network and an ATF Certificate of Achievement to demonstrate your skills and help market your services.

The three day course offers an opportunity for farmers to share experiences and develop knowledge and skills.

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Part Two: Assessment

Once approved you will get an annual registration certificate from FACE and an ATF logo from CMS UK recognising the suitability of your premises to help market your services. The self-assessment pack will be sent to you on an annual basis for you to complete and return to CMS UK. As independent assessors CMS UK will verify your application and supporting details to ensure that your farm is maintaining the CEVAS standards and remains eligible to be fully accredited.

The scheme avoids duplication of other Farm Assurance assessments that you may already have. Instead it looks at those elements relating to educational visits and for example asks for evidence of health and safety issues not covered by other schemes.

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